noun
    
    plural dots
    
    [count] a small round mark
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    a small spot :a small area that is different in color from the main part
    
    
    
    
    
    a short signal (such as a sound or a flash of light) that represents a letter or a part of a letter in Morse code
    
    
    
    connect the dots
    
    
    
    on the dot
    
    informal :exactly at a particular time
    
    
    
    since the year dot
    
    
    
    verb
    
    dots; dotted; dotting
    
    [+ obj] to mark (something) with a dot
    
    
    
    If you dot the/your i's and cross the/your t's, you make sure that all of the small details in something have been completed.
    
    
    
    to appear at many different places on the surface of (something)
    
    
    
    
    
    to put a small amount of something on different parts of (a surface)